Buemi ‘consoles’ Toyota
A few hours after the disappointing qualifying, which ended with both GR010s outside the top eight who will have access to this evening’s Hyperpole scheduled for 8.00pm (including Kamui Kobayashi, 4th on paper but whose times were canceled due to caused the red flag), the Toyota ended Wednesday with the best performance of Sebastien Buemi.
Penalties for the Ferraris, accidents for Estre and Vanthoor
The Frenchman, who had already set the fastest lap in FP1, repeated himself in the second Free Practice session with a time of 3:27.474a full half second faster than the one signed by Robert Kubica. A performance, that of the former F1 driver, which however contrasts with the decision taken by the Race Direction regarding the Ferrari AF Corse #83who will have to serve one 10 second penalty at the first pit stop in the race for not having respected the correct pit procedures during qualifying. Same sanction also for the trio of Ferrari AF Corse #51, winner at Le Mans last year and in eighth place in FP2. Therefore, a bitter Wednesday for the Rossa, as well as for Kevin Estre, 3rd and 67 thousandths behind the Pole but author in the final of a impact against barriers at the wheel of his Jota team Porsche 963 at the entrance of Tetre Rouge. Big risk for Dries Vanthoor, the same driver who had set the best time in qualifying with the BMW #15: the Belgian driver also lost control of the car at the bend Indianapolistouching the wall but managing to return to the pits.
Top-8 in the Hypercar class
The protagonists at the top of the FP2 rankings do not change compared to the qualifying in the other two categories, at least as far as the cars are concerned. In LMP2 the Cool Racing #37 is repeated achieving the best time 3:35.386this time with Lorenzo Fluxawhile in LMGT3 the team is reconfirmed Proton Competitionin this case with the drivers of car #77, and more precisely with the best time of Mikkel Pedersen in 3:58.689. Next appointment today at 3pm with the third Free Practice session.
Top-8 in the LMP2 class
Top-8 in the LMGT3 class
